Lighting equipment for cigarettes and the like



April L. s. BQUCHER 2,278,642

LIGHTING EQUIPMENT FOR CIGARETTES AND THE LIKE Filed Ma 19, 1941 Invenior lozazliiffioucfier A ttom eys Patented Apr. 7, 1942 LIGHTINGEQUIPMENT FOR CIGARETTES AND THE LIKE Louis E. Boucher, Montpelier, Vt.

Application May 19, 1941, Serial No. 394,212

2 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in lighting equipment forcigarettes and the like, the principal object in view being to equip acigarette, or cigar, inexpensively with readily accessible andmanipulative means of a quick detachable nature for use in lighting thesame.

Other, and subordinate, objects are also comprehended by my invention,all of which, together with the precise nature of my improvements, willbe readily understood when the succeeding description and claims areread with reference to the drawing accompanying and forming a part ofthis specification.

In said drawing:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a cigarette equipped inaccordance with the preferred embodiment of my invention,

Figure 2 is a view in end elevation,

Figure 3 is a rear elevational view of the match igniting strip showingthe inner striking surface thereof,

Figure 4 is a view in side elevation of the match, detached, and

Figure 5 is a fragmentary view in side elevation of a modifiedembodiment of the invention.

Referring to the drawing by numerals, according to my invention, in itspreferred embodiment, the usual cigarette I is equipped at one endthereof with a short narrow strip 2 of match igniting paper of the usualtype, having one side coated with a match striking composition 3. Thestrip 2 is detachably secured to the end of the cigarette I to extendalong the cigarette parallel therewith by gluing one end of the strip,as at 4, to the end of the cigarette I, the coated face of the stripbeing next to the cigarette. A miniature match 5 of the usual typehaving a paper stem is detachably secured at its butt end, as by gluerepresented at 6, to the other end of the strip 2, the arrangement beingsuch that the match 5 is co-extensive in length with that of the strip 2and extends centrally along the outer or uncoated side of said strip.

In the modified embodiment of the invention, a strip 1 and match 8 aredetachably secured together as indicated at I2 in the same manner asdescribed with reference to the preferred embodiment of the inventionand the strip 1 is secured to the band 9 of a cigar I0, as by gluing theappropriate end of the strip, as at I I, to one edge of the band 9.

The manner in which the described invention is used will be readilyunderstood. When it is desired to light the cigarette I, or cigar III,as the case may be, the strip 2, or I, with the match attached thereto,is pulled loose from the cigarette or cigar, the match 5, or I, ispulled loose from the strip, the strip held, as for instance, by thethumb and forefinger in a convenient position, and the match struckthereon.

A particular advantage of the invention is that each and everycigarette, or cigar, is equipped with readily accessible and easilymanipulative means for lighting the same and which is compactly attachedto the cigarette or cigar so as not to interfere with packaging of thesame, and the equipment may be provided without materially increasingthe cost of the cigarette or cigar.

The foregoing will, it is believed, suffice to impart :a clearunderstanding of my invention without further explanation.

Manifestly the invention is susceptible of modifi-cation in otherrespects than as herein set forth, and right is herein reserved to suchother modifications as fall within the scope of the subjoined claims.

What I claim is:

1. Lighting equipment for a cigarette or the like comprising a strip ofmatch striking material having one side face thereof coated with a matchstriking composition, means at one end of the strip for adhesivelyattaching the same to a cigarette, and a safety match of the same lengthas said strip extending along the other side face of the same and havingthe butt end thereof adhesively attached to the other end of the strip.

2. Lighting equipment for a cigarette or the like comprising a strip ofmatch striking material having one sideface thereof coated with a matchstriking composition, means at one end of the strip for adhesivelyattaching the same to a cigarette, and a safety match of the same lengthas said strip extending along the other side face of the same and havingthe butt end thereof adhesively attached to the other end of the strip,said means being on the coated side face of the strip, and said matchbeing attached to the other side of said strip.

LOUIS E. BOUCHER.

